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--- George Mason IV drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Constitution. He also insisted on the addition of the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution. |
"That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." (Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776)More Information
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Timeless Principles
Abigail Adams "Human nature is much the same in all countries, but it is the government, the laws, and religion, which form the character of a nation." (letter to Lucy Cranch, London, April 2, 1786.) --- Abigail Adams was the wife of the second and mother of the sixth Presidents of the United States. She was politically outspoken and a frequent counselor to her husband on affairs of state. READ MORE |
